School of Deaths
:
The Scythe Wielder's Secret

Publisher's Summary

Thirteen-year-old Suzie Sarnio always believed the Grim Reaper was a fairy tale image of a skeleton with a scythe. Now, forced to enter the College of Deaths, she finds herself training to bring souls from the Living World to the Hereafter. The task is demanding enough, but as the only female in the all-male College, she quickly becomes a target. Attacked by both classmates and strangers, Suzie is alone in a world where even her teachers want her to fail. Scythes hungry for souls, Deaths who enslave a race of mysterious magicians, and echoes of an ancient war with Dragons. Caught in the middle of a plot to overthrow the World of Deaths, Suzie must uncover the reason she's been brought there: the first female Death in a million years.

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What did you like best about School of Deaths? What did you like least?

I liked the surprising worldbuilding for this story. The Grim Reapers aren't actually dead, just abducted kids. That's weird.

Would you be willing to try another book from Christopher Mannino? Why or why not?

I would like to know what the other groups in this universe want, and what the "living" scythes really do when they reap someone.

What about Joel Froomkin’s performance did you like?

I thought the performance was pretty good. There were a couple occasions where I missed a change from dialog to narration or vice versa.

Was School of Deaths worth the listening time?

I think the mysteries are intriguing, and I liked the strong female protagonist.

Any additional comments?

I got a little tired of the torments and callousness of the school staff and activities, which seemed unnecessary during most the story, but were a little more understandable when the school's background was explained at the end.

13 year old Suzie is thinning without an apparent reason. Family and doctors think she is anorexic. Suddenly one day a man with a black rob shows up at her home to take her to the School of Deaths, where she discovers that she is the only girl and the rest of Deaths are not friendly just because of that. She will need to discover exactly why this is.

I like fantasy, but I am quite picky, and I am sometimes disappointed. But not with this book. It could remind us of Harry Potter but it is a totally different concept, it's fresh, the characters are alive and it definitely leaves us wanting to know what happens next.

The narrator does a wonderful job, changing his tone depending on the character.

*** spam alert ***I give it only 4 stars because the fact that nobody realized that Lovethar couldn't have died because she was remembered.